1953 VFL Season Round 7: Footscray v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 6 June 1953 between Footscray and Collingwood during round seven of the 1953 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Collingwood at Western Oval. Charlie Sutton captained the hosts. Lou Richards captained the visitors with Neil Mann as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Phonse Kyne.

Footscray (7.9.51) were defeated by Collingwood (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1953 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 6 June 1953
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 32,114

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Collingwood
Score: 7.9.51 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Footscray	0	.	1	4	.	1	4	.	3	7	.	9	7	.	9	(51)
Collingwood	5	.	4	7	.	6	7	.	10	7	.	10	7	.	10	(52)
Margin	COLL by 33			COLL by 23			COLL by 25			COLL by 1			COLL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Charlie Sutton
Coach: Charlie Sutton

Collingwood

Captain: Lou Richards
Vice-Captain: Neil Mann
Coach: Phonse Kyne

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Footscray

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
30	Abbey, Angus	?	?	0	?
5	Box, Peter	?	?	0	?
18	Bryden, Dave	?	?	0	?
2	Collins, Jack	?	?	2	?
22	Donald, Wally	?	?	0	?
7	Duffy, Roger	?	?	3	?
24	Gallagher, Jim	?	?	0	?
10	Harper, Roy	?	?	0	?
25	Henderson, Herb	?	?	0	?
11	Kent, Len	?	?	0	?
1	Kerr, John	?	?	2	?
31	King, Jack	?	?	0	?
19	Martin, Alan	?	?	0	?
33	McCarthy, Ron	?	?	0	?
9	Ross, Don	?	?	0	?
32	Stevens, Harvey	?	?	0	?
6	Sutton, Charlie (c)	?	?	0	?
20	Warren, Allen	?	?	0	?
29	White, Kevin	?	?	0	?
3	Whitten, Ted	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				7	9

Collingwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
30	Clarke, Kevin	?	?	1	?
6	Dunstan, Maurie	?	?	0	?
5	Finck, Jack	?	?	0	?
12	Healey, Des	?	?	0	?
19	Hickey, Jack	?	?	1	?
9	Kingston, Ron	?	?	0	?
3	Lucas, Peter	?	?	0	?
2	Mann, Neil (vc)	?	?	1	?
17	Merrett, Thorold	?	?	0	?
11	Milburn, Pat	?	?	0	?
18	Parker, Jack	?	?	0	?
1	Richards, Lou (c)	?	?	0	?
20	Richards, Ron	?	?	1	?
22	Rose, Bob	?	?	0	?
15	Tebble, Bill	?	?	0	?
24	Tuck, Frank	?	?	0	?
25	Twomey, Mick	?	?	3	?
10	Waites, Terry	?	?	0	?
31	Waller, Neville	?	?	0	?
34	West, Fred	?	?	0	?
Rushed					?
Total (20 players)				7	10

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
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		unknown behind	4.3.27	-	7.10.52	??:??
Q4	FOOT		?.?.?	-	7.10.52	??:??
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	FOOT		7.9.51	-	7.10.52	??:??

Links

1953 VFL Season

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